Permanent Licenses (66 Years or Older)
Are there any special qualifications for purchasing a hunting, fishing, or trapping license in Vermont?
What Is Lyme Disease?
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that features a skin rash, swollen joints and flu-like symptoms. The number of reported cases in Vermont has steadily increased since 2005. Lyme disease cases have been reported from every county, although most cases occur in the southern and western regions of the state.
How Is Lyme Disease Transmitted?
Here are the answers to how to safely live with bears and help keep Vermont’s bears wild.
Seeing a black bear can be an exciting, and for some people, a nerve-wracking event. These recommendations are meant to be general and cover the basic types of human-bear interactions that can occur. Encounters vary greatly, and all situations are different.
Black bears are large, strong wild animals that should be treated with respect and appreciated from a distance to ensure your safety as well as the bear’s.
Learn about the new age eligibility for permanent licenses taking effect in 2018.
What is a permanent license?
Check out these FAQs to learn more about a Wildlife Action Plan
What does Congress require in a Wildlife Action Plan?
Whether you’re organizing a fishing tournament or want to find one, here are the answers to many of the questions asked about fishing tournaments.
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) is a deadly fish virus, first discovered in the Great Lakes. Vermont has adopted regulations to prevent the introduction of VHS to our waters.
Provides funding for the construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of pumpout stations, pumpout boats, and dump stations used by boaters.
Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife
Commissioner Louis Porter
1 National Life Drive
Davis 2
Montpelier, VT 05620-3702
802-828-1000
fwinformation@vermont.gov
The mission of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is the conservation of all species of fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the people of Vermont.